Refractive errors among students of a postprimary institution in a rural community in South-Eastern Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-65

  Chuka Okosa, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Postprimary; Refractive error; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOPIA; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 18844428560     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v24i1.28166     Document Type: Article

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